Bernie Sanders was AGAINST the WAR on Iraq and Bailing Out the BANKSTERS.

[Octafish]

In fact, he wanted to hold the lying bastards who caused these disasters responsible.



No wonder there's a media blackout.

[BainsBane]

1. Media blackout

Two nights in a row for hours on prime time television. Some 10-12 debates and townhalls before that. On the Sunday news shows virtually every week.

Then this: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=bernie+sanders&oq=bernie+sanders&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j0l9j43i53.2394.8161.0.8351.26.7.6.13.16.0.93.505.7.7.0...0.0...1ac.1.sshcqq2DF1g

Then if anyone dares to post an article that suggests he may not be infallible, all hell breaks out.

This argument passed absurd a long time ago. Now it's just desperate.

[Octafish]

3. I monitored a bit of TV coverage Saturday and Sunday...

...MSNBC and CNN on Saturday and Sunday for an hour each, apart from Trump winning and Cruz too, there was more mention of Little Marco Rubio than there was Hillary winning Louisiana. Bernie winning two contests was mentioned last on both channels.

Making a rough judgment of time allotted:

Trump: 30-percent
Cruz: 10-percent
Clinton: 5-percent
Sanders: 1-percent

The rest was commercials interspersed with Chris Matthews and Wolf Blitzer blitzing.

As for today in Michigan, the local radio and tee vee media have done a decent job of telling both sides of the debate story.

[think]

5. The. media black out is on the major networks where there is segment of America

that relies on those networks for their news.

ABC, CBS, And NBC News Made An Intentional Decision To Ignore Bernie Sanders

By Jason Easley on Fri, Dec 11th, 2015 at 2:58 pm


An analysis of network television news coverage reveals what supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders have long suspected; the three broadcast television networks are intentionally ignoring the Sanders campaign.

Eric Boehlert of Media Matters has the revealing details:

So in terms of stand-alone campaign stories this year, it’s been 234 minutes for Trump, compared to 10 minutes for Sanders. And at ABC World News Tonight, it’s been 81 minutes for Trump and less than one minute for Sanders.

~Snip~

The corporate owned profit first network news divisions have made the editorial decision that they are going to lavish airtime upon the presidential candidate who most fits their corporate owners’ ideology.

The networks are ignoring Bernie Sanders because his anti-corporate message is dangerous to their well being. The broadcast and cable networks both have a habit of ignoring stories that can hurt their bosses’ bottom lines....

Read more:
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/12/11/abc-cbs-nbc-news-intentional-decision-ignore-bernie-sanders.html

The Discourse Suffers When Trump Gets 23 Times As Much Coverage as Sanders

All Trump all the time media coverage lets Trump define the discussion. It denies voters a broader, better discourse.

By John NicholsTwitterDECEMBER 14, 2015

f we imagine American media as a hungry beast that thinks only about its next meal, then it is easy to see why Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has gone from strength to strength. Trump feeds the beast. With calculated and constant outrageousness, he dominates news coverage not just of the race for the Republican nomination but of the entire 2016 presidential competition. As veteran political observer Larry Sabato says, “It’s Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump and Trump.”

~Snip~

And, as Media Matters for America has illustrated, there should be a good deal more coverage of Bernie Sanders. “The network newscasts are wildly overplaying Trump, who regularly attracts between 20-30 percent of primary voter support, while at the same time wildly underplaying Sanders, who regularly attracts between 20-30 percent of primary voter support,” observed Media Matters’s Eric Boehlert in a report using data from media analyst Andrew Tyndall. “Obviously, Trump is the GOP front runner and it’s reasonable that he would get more attention than Sanders, who’s running second for the Democrats. But 234 total network minutes for Trump compared to just 10 network minutes for Sanders, as the Tyndall Report found?”

Trump and Sanders are dramatically different contenders offering polar opposite proposals for the United States. Yet each has attracted a passionate following. And that has translated into similar levels of support.

On the Republican side, the Real Clear Politics poll averages have Trump attracting 30.4 percent support nationally among voters who might reasonably be expected to participate in Republican primaries and caucuses. On the Democratic side, the RCP poll averages have Clinton leading. But Sanders is attracting 31 percent support in the Democratic race—a better number than Trump.

http://www.thenation.com/article/the-discourse-suffers-when-trump-gets-23-times-as-much-coverage-as-sanders/

Additional sources:

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/12/11/abc-world-news-tonight-has-devoted-less-than-on/207428

http://www.salon.com/2015/10/01/the_networks_are_doing_the_democrats_dirty_pundits_punish_hillary_bernie_gets_ignored_partner/

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2015/1214/Should-Bernie-Sanders-get-as-much-media-coverage-as-Donald-Trump

[Gregorian]

2. They're redundant. It's all on the internet now.

It's almost over, but comments, live feed.

[Octafish]

4. The format seemed pretty good...

Bernie got a half hour to answer questions.

Hillary got a half hour to answer questions.

She wasn't going to attend, but her position must've evolved, giving away an hour's free air time.

[Gregorian]

6. That's $225,000 to you.

I think she listened again, while Bernie went first, again. But maybe that's not unusual.

The questions were fair. I almost got the sense they don't like either candidate.

[Octafish]

7. Fox Nutwork picked who asked what ahead of time.

I know two people who were chosen for the audience. They submitted questions as part of the "vetting process," but were not selected to ask. Both are Democrats. Both support Bernie Sanders.

Fox has an agenda. Democracy isn't on it.